Results 361-380 of 1,032,721 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Claire Kerrane OR speaker:Patrick Costello OR speaker:Seán Canney)
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Claire Kerrane: I have given a lot of additional time. I want to give everyone the same additional time, so there will be a second round if you want to come in again. I call Deputy Murnane O'Connor.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Claire Kerrane: Just to be clear-----
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Claire Kerrane: -----this is a specific meeting with the Minister in relation to the complexities he has highlighted regarding the non-disclosure agreements, as part of the legislation. We want to stick specifically to this issue.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Patrick Costello: Let me start by congratulating the Chair on her promotion. Long may it last. I want to give the Minister a chance to put it on the record again. Is he clear that there is a continuing commitment to delivering all parts of this legislation, the NDA and the two other sections, within the lifetime of the Dáil?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Patrick Costello: As has been outlined already, there are clear policy objectives stated in head 8. The Minister has committed, and he has been very clear so far, to deliver that within the lifetime of this Dáil, however, long or short that may be.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Patrick Costello: I want to dip into that drafting stuff, and I will in a second. One of the issues is the retrospective nature of these things. Contract law is primarily judge-made law. It is not written down, but it is still enforceable. The courts have been clear that a contract for something that is illegal is not a valid contract and the people who have signed it are not bound by it. The challenge...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)
Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister and all the members for engaging. We had two clear objectives for this meeting. The first was to get clarity on the complexities and those are clearly time and drafting in the time that we have. The second was a reassurance from the Minister, which I believe he has provided and is very much welcome. As someone who is new to this role, there is clearly a level of trust...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to." The Dáil divided: Tá, 70; Níl, 54; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Mattie McGrath.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Tá Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Dara Calleary, Ciarán Cannon, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Paschal Donohoe, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Peter Fitzpatrick, Joe Flaherty,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Question declared carried.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the Taoiseach who is putting the target on their backs.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: That was the Deputy's language.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach has done it. I did not make the statement; he did.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, please.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: We have a responsibility to ensure not only that the right policies are in place but that we use the right language to describe them.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Tell that to the Taoiseach.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: The Taoiseach has, including in the interview which is the cause of the Deputy's question, talked about the rights we have to look after those who need support and the benefits migration and openness bring to our country and economy, which he has done on many occasions. Regardless of where somebody comes from, if they are born here, making Ireland their home or if they seek refuge here, they...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Are the arrangements as proposed for this week's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He has echoed the scapegoating.